Urbanist + STIX Two Text

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A standfirst set in STIX Two Text, one size up — where a pairing starts earning trust.

The five boxing wizards jump quickly over the lazy dog, mixing jugs of quiet vodka while the jury watches. Click anywhere in this preview and type your own text to try the pairing.

“Type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters.”

— Matthew Carter

Fig. 1 — Urbanist over STIX Two Text, in the wild.

Urbanist 700 / STIX Two Text 400 — click any section and type your own copy.

Why it works

Urbanist's clean geometric headline keeps the top of the page light and modern, and STIX Two Text supplies a Times-like scholarly serif that reads precise and trustworthy in the body. The cool, minimal sans over a conservative reference serif suits documents that need to look contemporary but carry academic credibility — a CV, a research write-up, a methods-heavy post.

More about each face: Urbanist · STIX Two Text

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HTML — Google Fonts embed

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Urbanist:wght@700&family=STIX+Two+Text:wght@400;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: 'Urbanist', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}

body {
  font-family: 'STIX Two Text', 'Times New Roman', Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 400;
}

Next.js — next/font

import { Urbanist, STIX_Two_Text } from "next/font/google";

const heading = Urbanist({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "700",
  variable: "--font-heading",
});

const body = STIX_Two_Text({
  subsets: ["latin"],
  weight: "400",
  variable: "--font-body",
});

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